Healthy living

If we didn’t have stress what would we do when faced with a wild animal about to eat us? We might just stand there and be eaten. Clearly that would be bad for the future of our species so we have the ‘fight or flight’ feelings when we are faced with danger. The problem is that we get those same feelings when faced with other, more mundane, tricky situations.

It is a protection mechanism that says - Do Something. The body fills with chemicals to help us run or fight so when we are in our cars getting stressed about the traffic we have all these feelings but no way to use the energy and addrenalin being pumped throughout our bodies and this is part of the reason stress becomes a problem in modern life.

Modern life is very complicated and our minds have not been able to adapt to the speed with which technology and society has changed human lives. It is tough for any of us just to survive a normal day. There are so many different things we have to think about and deal with every single day.

The problems of stress can be a factor in other health problems that appear because we are suffering stress. Constant and consistent stress may take a toll on your body and mind and leave you weakened by the drain on your energy reserves. The effects of stress can affect your health and should be reduced where possible.

Depending on your situation it may be that simply taking a vacation and getting away from work and the problems of stress in your daily life will be enough to allow you to relax and recharge your batteries. We have vacations so that we can rest and recover so take a vacation and allow yourself to relax.

If your stress is caused by financial or family problems you, and they, will probably just get worse if you ignore them. In most cases ignoring stressful problems leads to further problems and greater stress further down the line. If you need help to deal with specific problems consult a qualified professional person and get some advice.

Most of us say we just want to be happy yet we struggle with jobs we don’t like, relationships that are never quite what we hoped for and financial situations that seem to always prevent us being what we want to be. It is a recipe for stress filled lives.